{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-074","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida - Agency for Health Care Administration","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Agency for Health Care Administration","authority":"Rulemaking Authority 429.41, 408.821(4) F.S.; Law Implemented 429.19, 429.28, 429.41 F.S. (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Rule 59AER20-4, Mandatory Testing for Assisted Living Facility Staff","title":"From July 7, 2020 assisted living facilities may not admit any staff who have not been tested for COVID-19; all staff tested every two weeks with State-provided resources; proof, documentation and same-day result reporting","dateIssued":"2020-06-15","effective":"2020-06-15 (staff admission bar from July 7, 2020)","end":"90 days (Sept. 13, 2020); the biweekly testing regime continued under DOH directives and the federal CMS testing rule of Sept. 2, 2020","startDate":"2020-06-15","endDate":"2020-09-13","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["all licensed assisted living facilities and their staff"],"clause":"(a) Beginning July 7, 2020, assisted living facilities shall not admit into the facility any staff who has not been tested for COVID-19. (b) Assisted living facilities shall require all staff be tested every two (2) weeks thereafter with testing resources provided by the state.... (a) If testing is conducted off-site, then staff must provide proof of testing to the assisted living facility. (b) Assisted living facilities shall document all staff testing, including the name of the individual, time, and date of the test. (c) Assisted living facilities shall require all tested staff to notify the facility of the test results the same day the results are received.... EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2020","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. §§ 429.19, 408.813","functions":["HR staffing (untested staff barred from the building; biweekly testing)","IC infection control","OF documentation","WF workforce"],"notes":"A workforce-access order: no untested employee could enter an assisted living facility in Florida from July 7, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=4\u0026tid=23354513\u0026type=1\u0026file=59AER20-4.doc","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":48128,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-074","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-074","citation":"Agency for Health Care Administration, Emergency Rule 59AER20-4, Mandatory Testing for Assisted Living Facility Staff (June 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-074)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-075","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-076","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-072","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-073","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-077","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-079","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-080"]}